Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Mark E. Davis
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:35

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Pat White wrote:
> In nearly 40 years in computing I've never come across anything in any
> language definition that prevents compiling. That includes BASIC which

I do some Fox (oh no..) programming also and have heard the stopper on 
compiling FoxPro is twofold. 1) Macro substitution creates code at 
run-time, and 2) the loosly type variables require some sort of 
wet-nurse app running to manage them (the interperetor).

These are not my Ideas, I just whanted to share.

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Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 16:35:00 -0800
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